Grain-pickling device.



G. H. FRENCH. GRAIN PICKLING DEVICE. APPLICATION HLED JULY17.1914.

Patented May 25, 1915.

Inventor. 1% 4.

Witnesses.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ii. FRENCH, E LAKE CENTRE, SASKATCHEWAN, cANAn GRAIN-PICKLING DEVICE.

1 140,509, r Specification of Letters Patent. P tented May 25, 1915.'

Application filed July 17, 1914. Serial No. 851,506. I

T a-ll whomit may co cern} vanes extending between the end flanges Be it known that I, GEORGE H. FRENCH, a and secured in said hub and forming a plu- 1 subject of the King of Great Britain, and rality of pockets adapted to receive the firesident of the village of Lake Centre, grain as it falls through the slot 50 county of Humboldt, Province of Sas- The axis of the drum is arranged about katchewan, in the Dominion of Canada, in alinement vertically with the forward have invented certain new and useful Imedge of the slot 5 so that the grain will provements in Grain-Pickling Devices, dealways fall into the pockets off center, thus scribed in the following specification and causing the wheel to rotate upon its axis 5 10 illustrated in the accompanying drawings, through the weight and impact of the grain. Y that form part of the same. 13 is a chute or slide secured between the The principal objects of the invention are, side members 9 of the frame and extending to effectively and thoroughly treat seed angularly downward toward the forward grain with a pickling solution which will end of the machine, said chute having the 70 disinfect the grain and 'kill all germs, and side walls 14: extending upwardly to keep to devise a machine which will operate authe grain from scattering beyond the chute. ti n d 111 th hl Separate 15 1s a chute arranged between the side the grain in the presence of a disinfecting members 16 of the frame and extending spray and which may be regulated to suit angularly downward from the open end 17 75 any desired class of grain or t fi t a of the chute 13 directing the grain falling variation in the capacity of delivery. thereon downwardly and inwardly to'ward A further object is to devise a hi f the center of the machine. This chute is simple, cheap and durable construction open at the bOttOIIl t0 deliver tllB grain into which will not be liable to get out of order. any s itable receptacle which may be placed so The principal feature of the invention b n fl hconsists in the novel onstruction and ar- 18 1S 2L tank 0f any Sllltitblt} form lOCElllQd rangement of parts, whereby the grains are 011 the op 3 the end opposite to the hopdelivered in a eparated manner in the p81 having a plpf, 1.9 leading from the lJOiZ- presence of a disinfectant or pickling solutom thereof provided with a valve 20 to reg- 0 tion by a rotary member arranged beneath at the flow of fluid therefrom.

the hopper and the grains are then caused 21 is a flexible tube leading downwardly to be effectively covered by the solution. through the top 3 and connected with the In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longituplpe dinal verticalsectional view of a device 22 15 a Spray nozzle here shown in the 35 constructed in accordance with this invenform of a T the hollow shank 23 of which tion. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional conducts the pickling fluid into the cross view of the device taken on the line ab of head 24:. The cross head is provided with a I ig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the plurality of perforations 25 in its forward nozzle for spraying the disinfecting soluedge or side. 40 tion. The ends of the head 24 are preferably Like numerals of reference indicate corsecuredin the side members 9. responding parts in each figure. I have herein shown the desirable form of Referring to the drawings, 1 is a rectanspray nozzle but it must be understood that gular shaped frame supported on suitable other forms may be used ifdesired.

45 legs 2 having a top 3. In the use of this device, the grain to be 4 is a hopper supported on the top 3 treated isplaced within the hopper 1 and adjacent to one end of the machine having the tank 18 is filled with the pickling fluid. a transverse slot 5 in the bottom thereof. The valve 20 is then opened to give the de- (3 is a slide closing the slot 5.and adapted sired flow of the fluid and the slide 6 is 50 to be pulled outwardly to open the slotg'and then opened to the desired distance to allow allow the grain to fall therethrough. the grain to flow through the slot 5. As the 7 is a rotatable drum journaled upon the grain falls downwardly it enters the pockpin 8 secured in the side ine nhers 9 of the ets in the drum 7 and causes the said drum frame. The drum 7 is formed with end to rotate. .The grains received in each 55 flanges l0 projecting beyond the hub 11 and pocket are discharged outwardly and down- 12 are a plurality of radially arranged wardly into the spray from the nozzle 22 and falling on to the chute 13 they roll downwardly in the pickling fluid escaping from the nozzle and are discharged from the end of the said chute into the chute 15 and in the course of travel downward to the discharge end of, the chute 15 the grains are thoroughly covered with the pickling fluid so that all the germs will be completely destroyed. 7

It will be noted that by operating the slide 6 andthe valve 20 the discharge both of grain and fluidwill be regulated to suit the requirements of Various grains.

A device such as described is very simple in its construction and operation and operates automatically requiring no power to effect the scattering and distribution of the 7 grain orfor the gathering of same together to be finally discharged. The simplicity ofoperation and cheapness of this device allows of its universal use and will be a very great benefit in eliminating scourges of various kinds which attack all cereals.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A grain pickling device, comprising,a frame, ahopper supported on said frame, means for regulating the flow of grain from said hopper, an inclined trough shaped member arranged below the hopper, a horizontally rotatable member adapted to intercept the grain falling from the hopper and todischarge same intermittently upon the inclined surface of the trough, and means for directing a spray of pickling fluid upon said grain as it falls upon said trough.

2. A grain pickling device, comprising, a frame, a hopper supported on said frame, means for regulating the flow of grain from said hopper, a horizontally rotatable drum arranged below the discharge, from said hopper and having o.ckets in the periphery adapted to receive t e falling grain and to discharge same in separated quantities,.an

inclined trough shaped member arranged below said drum ada ted to receive the grain discharged therefrom, .a spray nozzle arranged above said chute adjacent to said drum, and a supply of pickling fluid connected to said spray nozzle. 7

3. A grain pickling device, comprising, a frame, a hopper supported on said frame, a horizontally rotatable member arranged below the discharge from said hopper adapt grain, an

rectangular frame, a hopper supported at 1 one end of said frame, an inclined trough arranged below said hopper, means arranged between the hopper and trough for scattering the grain, a spray nozzle extending completely across said trough adjacent to said scattering means, and a fluid supply connected with said spray nozzle. 1

Signed at town of Strassburg in the Province of Saskatchewan this twentieth day of April'1914. e

' GEO. H. FRENCH. Witnesses:

LEMUEL A. SELLER, ETHEL L. SELLER. 

